Specimen ID | 1428749 |
Group | Crustaceans-Crayfish |
Genus | Pacifastacus |
Species | leniusculus |
Common Name | Signal Crayfish |
State | OR |
County | Klamath |
Locality | Crater Lake |
Mapping Accuracy | Accurate |
HUC8 Name | Williamson |
HUC8 Number | 18010201 |
HUC10 Name | Crater Lake-Williamson River |
HUC10 Number | 1801020105 |
HUC12 Name | Crater Lake |
HUC12 Number | 180102010501 |
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Collection Year | 1914 |
Year Accuracy | Estimated |
Potential Pathway | stocked for forage |
Status | established |
Reference 1 |
Ref. Number: | 31284 |
Author: | Girdner, S.F., A.M. Ray, M.W. Buktenica, D.K. Hering, J.A. Mack, and J.W. Umek |
Date: | 2018 |
Title: | Replacement of a unique population of newts (Taricha granulosa mazamae) by introduced signal crayfish (Pacifastacus leniusculus) in Crater Lake, Oregon |
Journal: | Biological Invasions |
Volume: | 20 |
Issue: | 3 |
Pages: | 721-740 |
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Reference 2 |
Ref. Number: | 30934 |
Author: | Goldfarb, B. |
Date: | 2015 |
Title: | Invasive crayfish in Oregon devastate native newts |
Publisher: | High Country News |
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Comments | Although located within the native range, signal crayfish were restricted from entering the waterbody prior to stocking. Stocked in 1914 as forage for rainbow trout and kokanee salmon. |
Record Type | Literature |
Earliest Record | drainage |
Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |
Number Stocked | 15,000 |